Set Lighting Technician's Handbook - Harry Box

Set Lighting Technician's Handbook

Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution

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Buch | Softcover
448 Seiten
1997 | 2nd New edition
Focal Press (Verlag)
978-0-240-80257-2 (ISBN)
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Covering the day-to-day practices, equipment and "tricks of the trade" associated with the motion picture set lighting technician's job, this book places emphasis on those activities that promote efficiency and safety, earn respect on the set, and help get future jobs.
The Set Lighting Technician's Handbook is a friendly, hands-on manual covering the day-to-day practices, equipment, and tricks of the trade essential to the motion picture lighting technician. This handbook offers a wealth of practical technical information, simple techniques, as well as aesthetic discussions.


The Set Lighting Technician's Handbook focuses on what is important when working on-set: trouble-shooting, teamwork, set protocol, and safety. It describes tricks and techniques for operating a vast array of lighting equipment including xenons, camera synchronous strobes, black lights, underwater units, lighting effects units, and many others. This handy on-set reference has also been widely adopted as a training and reference manual by union training programs and top university film production programs.

New in the second edition:
Revised and updated throughout
12 new appendices of handy reference tables
Over 180 illustrations and photographs
Lots of new topics and gadgets

Harry C. Box is a Hollywood-based gaffer and director of photography.

Harry C. Box has worked in television and motion picture production since 1989. Over the years he has done substantial work as a lighting technician, gaffer, camera operator, director of photography, and as an educator. His recent credits include network and cable television series, such as Heroes (NBC), Brothers and Sisters (ABC), and Everybody Hates Chris (CW). He has worked on major motion pictures, independent feature films, telefilms, documentaries, music videos, commercials, and industrials.

Set Basics* Preproduction Planning: Lighting Package, Expendables, and Personal Tools * Lighting Fixtures * Stands and Rigging * Lighting Objectives and Methods * Manipulating Light: Tools, Techniques, and the Behavior of Light * Electrician's Set Protocol * Electricity * Electrical Distribution * Power Sources * Special Circumstances and Equipment * The Work World * Appendices * Glossary * Bibliography * Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 17.1.1997
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Kunst / Musik / Theater Fotokunst
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Fotografieren / Filmen
ISBN-10 0-240-80257-8 / 0240802578
ISBN-13 978-0-240-80257-2 / 9780240802572
Zustand Neuware
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